So, we have been in Santiago for two week and 3 days and continue to adjust to so many things.  I have been handling the heat pretty well, but the language is for sure the biggest challenge.  I suppose the best thing to do is to face the challenges and agree to host two boys from an orphange who speak no English for two weeks.  We were in church last Sunday and they announced that they were in need of some homes for some boys to stay for two weeks so that the orphange staff could get some holidays.  All of the girls were placed, but they had to find places for 13 boys.  Ben looked at Michelle and I with a big smile and started nodding 'YES!"  Lo and behold, our family is now 6.  We spent the day at the park playing basketball and catching lizards, and trying to communicate in Spanglish.  It is awesome.  Our two new family members are Angelo and Carlos, they are 14 and 13 year old brothers and we already enjoy having them in our home.

We also went to a baseball ministry on Saturday that our church was hosting.  There was not a lot of help needed, so we decided to go to the grocery store to buy some snacks that could be handed to all the community kids that were there, about 110.  On the way to the car, we passed a little girl, about 3 years old, who was living in a 5 foot square room with her parents and two younger siblings.  It was a previous concession stand at the baseball field and they were allowed to live there if the husband if the husband took care of the grounds.  Ben asked if we could pick up some food from the grocery store fhis family as welll.  So proud of my son.  We picked up a couple bags of groceries for them and Ben made a special delivery.

I have posted some pics of the past two days on the pics and video page.